The Publication Forum rating has served as an indicator of the quality of university publication production in the Ministry of Education and Culture’s funding model since 2015. Combined with publication data collected by MinEdu, the classification provides comprehensive and comparable information on the volume and development of the publishing activities of organisations and disciplines. The classification disseminates information on the quality, impact and prestige of scientific journals, series and book publishers in the scientific community, and thus encourages Finnish researchers to publish their most important research in the leading national and international scientific publications channels in their field.